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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:52:10 -0500
To: steve@quintile.net, 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] reverse engineering binds
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is this what you're looking for?

- erik

#!/bin/rc
# which

if (~ $#* 0){
	echo 'usage: which file...'
	exit 'usage'
}

for (i in `{ns | awk '$NF == "/bin" {print $(NF -1)}'})
	if (test -f $i/$1)
		echo $i/$1

On Thu Jan 11 11:49:14 EST 2007, steve@quintile.net wrote:
> I want to discover where a file has come from, I understand that
> it will probably lead back to a /srv descriptor or a network connection
> but that is good enough. I need to walk back up the cd and the list of binds
> in the output of ns(1).
>
> I think this needs care to really get it right, so, has anyone got some
> C or rc that does this or shall I just fumble around until I sort it out
> for myself :-)
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> -Steve